Difference between revisions of "Do we want to visit "best practice" states or "states in most need""

RICK: I raised this issue at the Gates meeting. The issue as I phrased it was that best practices were a good thing to collect, but thewe had to worry aboout the "tech transfer" issue. We couldn't just say, "hey, you guys. Do what Kentucky/ Maine/ whoever did." Ken Wiggens sensibly said, then if we visited modl states, we needed to look for conditions of success.

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RICK: I raised this issue at the Gates meeting. The issue as I phrased it was that best practices were a good thing to collect, but then we had to worry about the "tech transfer" issue. We couldn't just say, "Hey, you guys. Do what Kentucky/ Maine/ whoever did." Ken Wiggens suggested that if we visited model states, we needed to look for conditions of success, not just models. Makes sense to me.

Latest revision as of 10:15, 18 January 2007

RICK: I raised this issue at the Gates meeting. The issue as I phrased it was that best practices were a good thing to collect, but then we had to worry about the "tech transfer" issue. We couldn't just say, "Hey, you guys. Do what Kentucky/ Maine/ whoever did." Ken Wiggens suggested that if we visited model states, we needed to look for conditions of success, not just models. Makes sense to me.